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Jun 27 2020
Fact Check
Trump's see-no-evil posture on coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s persistent see-no-evil posture on coronavirus testing — if you don’t look for the virus, the cases go away — defies both science and street sense. Yet he took it a step further with a comment suggesting that testing be restrained so the pandemic doesn’t look so bad.
His aides passed that off as a joke. Trump contradicted them, saying he wasn’t
Associated Press Fact CheckJun 05 2021
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Media fact-checkers, Facebook cited Wuhan lab-linked scientist to knock down lab leak theory
EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak, whose nonprofit has funded coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology for years, appeared in multiple media fact-checks and reports over the past year dispelling the notion the coronavirus accidentally emerged from the lab.
Dr. Daszak's organization sent $3.4 million in National Institutes of Health grants to the Wuhan lab between
Fox News DigitalJun 05 2021
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Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending
President Joe Biden portrayed the May jobs report as a jumping off point for more spending on infrastructure and education to keep growth going — essentially an argument for his agenda. But the employment numbers issued Friday also hinted at the possible limits of how much government aid can be pumped into the world’s largest economy.
“We’re on the right track,” Biden said. “Our plan is
Associated PressAug 20 2021
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Ron DeSantis leans into mask-mandate fights as Covid cases soar in Florida
As the number of new coronavirus cases in his state soars, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that an aggressive campaign against mandatory mask-wearing in schools will harden the Republican base ahead of his expected re-election bid next year -- and make him a GOP star nationwide as the party's 2024 presidential primary comes into view.
The gamble appears to be paying off -- for now
CNN DigitalDec 08 2020
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Pfizer’s vaccine debuts in Britain as the world’s first fully tested vaccine.
Britain’s National Health Service delivered its first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, opening a mass vaccination campaign with little precedent in modern medicine and making Britons the first people in the world to receive a clinically authorized, fully tested vaccine.
At 6:31 a.m. Tuesday, Margaret Keenan, 90, a former jewelry shop assistant, rolled up the
New York Times (News)Jun 24 2020
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No-excuse fight revived in Arkansas, 35 years after its top court ruled in favor
The legal crusade to make mail voting easier this year has finally arrived in Arkansas, where some of the nation's toughest ballot restrictions haven't been challenged until now because the coronavirus pandemic arrived after the primaries.
Two prominent Democrats in the deeply red state filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the Arkansas election law flatly violates a 35-year-old state
The FulcrumAug 04 2020
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Local governments ‘overwhelmed’ in race to trace U.S. COVID contacts
The soaring number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has far outstripped many local health departments’ ability to trace the contacts of those infected, a step critical in containing the virus’ spread.
With the pandemic claiming about a thousand American lives a day, many city and county departments say they lack the money and staff to expeditiously identify people who have been
ReutersMay 04 2021
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COVID is killing 120 people an hour in India, and it could stay "really grim" for months
A month after the second wave of coronavirus infections started sweeping over India, the country is mired in grief, and it could be weeks, even months before the situation improves. On Tuesday, yet another grim milestone was crossed: 20 million cases of COVID-19 registered since the start of the pandemic. About seven million of those were confirmed over the last month alone.
Of the
CBS News (Online)Dec 07 2020
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President Trump to hold White House COVID-19 summit as pressure mounts for FDA vaccine approval
President Donald Trump is set to kick off a summit at the White House Tuesday to highlight the rapid development of a COVID-19 vaccine he is eager to take credit for despite criticism for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The summit, designed to provide an update on the status of the administration's ambitious plan to vaccinate all Americans against the coronavirus, comes two
USA TODAYMar 29 2021
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Biden administration aims to have vaccine accessible to 90% of adults by mid-April
President Joe Biden announced a goal to have the coronavirus vaccine available to 90% of U.S. adults by April 19, marking a new milestone in the process of putting an end to the pandemic.
“You heard me say many times before, our progress in vaccination is a stunning example that there is nothing this country cannot do if we put our minds to it, and we do it together… but our work is far
Washington Examiner